One held with 1.2kg opium in Tharad

Palanpur: One person was arrested with 1.2kg opium from near Khoda check-post in Tharad taluka of Banaskantha on Sunday late night. Police said that the contraband was seized from accused Bhakharam Bishnoi of Jhalor district in Rajasthan.
According to Banaskantha superintendent of police Tarun Kumar Duggal, they had got a tip-off that somebody was would be crossing the Rajasthan-Gujarat border with banned drugs. On Sunday night, circle inspector J D Asodiya stopped Bishnoi when he was entering Gujarat from Rajasthan.
Bishnoi was found in possession of 1.2kg opium worth Rs 1.2 lakh. Police arrested him and booked him under the NDPS Act. Cops also booked Rajuram Jinina of Madhya Pradesh, who had allegedly supplied the opium to Bishnoi.